He's a local who understands us

Shayne was born and raised in Ipswich and he has lived locally all his life. He and his wife Carolyn live with their two daughters, Alexandra and Jacqui, in Ipswich.
Shayne understands the importance of quality health services for local families. Before becoming our local MP, he served on the West Moreton District Health Council helping to improve the provision of health services in our local community.

Getting results for our community

Since being elected in 2007, Shayne has been working to get results for our community. Some key achievements include:

• Major funding to upgrade the busiest and most congested parts of the Ipswich Motorway
• Upgrades to every local school, supporting jobs and small businesses during the economic downturn
• Building 111 local defence homes to house our defence force and keep local people in jobs
• Investing in local community infrastructure like $10 Million for the redevelopment of the Ipswich CBD including sports, arts, recreational and community facilities

Working with Labor to build a better future for families

Here are just some of the Labor Government's achievements in the last two years:

• Acting decisively to support jobs, tradespeople and small businesses during the Global Recession
• Record infrastructure investment including the largest schools building program ever
• Funding 1000 new nurse training places and a 30% increase in GP training to address a shortage of GPs
• Investing in new cancer research and treatment centres
• Supporting investment in solar and wind power to protect our environment for future generations
• Abolishing WorkChoices and restoring fairness to the workplace
• New trades training centres in schools to give kids practical skills for work
• Establishing a single school curriculum with a focus on the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic